Austin (AUS) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 1,999 km
- 1,242 mi · 1,079 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 15 min / 2 h 56 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 251 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (148 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 873,630
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.7%
- Flights / week
- 156
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 1,170,163 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- DL, WN, OO
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from AUS
- 287°
- Heading from LAX
- 96°
- Halfway point
- 32.50, -107.82
- Great-circle km
- 1,995 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → LAX
- 2 h 49 min
- In the air LAX → AUS
- 2 h 32 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 2 h behind Austin
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 62,730 |
| Sep 2025 | 56,714 |
| Oct 2025 | 79,511 |
| Nov 2025 | 70,464 |
| Dec 2025 | 71,057 |
| Jan 2026 | 57,519 |
| Feb 2026 | 56,243 |
| Mar 2026 | 88,752 |
| Apr 2026 | 78,173 |
| May 2026 | 82,371 |
| Jun 2026 | 84,817 |
| Jul 2026 | 85,279 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 626 |
| Sep 2025 | 541 |
| Oct 2025 | 695 |
| Nov 2025 | 695 |
| Dec 2025 | 691 |
| Jan 2026 | 592 |
| Feb 2026 | 552 |
| Mar 2026 | 776 |
| Apr 2026 | 762 |
| May 2026 | 753 |
| Jun 2026 | 718 |
| Jul 2026 | 719 |
Airlines flying AUS–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 49 | 36% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 40 | 29% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 35 | 13% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 16 | 11% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 16 | 10% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 0.6 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,423 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,789 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,161 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,159 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 486 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 481 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 391 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 118 flights
Also carried: 674 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 8,168
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.7% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72.2% | 15 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 86.4% | 9 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 88.2% | 9 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 70.3% | 31 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 75.9% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 38% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 10% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $299
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $257
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 35% of passengers · $331
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 27% of passengers · $250
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $228 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $270 · Q1 2026 $299).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,995 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.